Edward Burke
@edwardburke.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, History of War, University College Dublin
Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool)
https://edward-burke.com/
Author: Ghosts of a Family (Merrion) / Ulster’s Lost Counties (Cambridge) / An Army of Tribes (Liverpool)
https://edward-burke.com/
The things they make Forest players do in November
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The things they make Forest players do in November
Really important reporting by Anthony Loyd. The identities of those who led this mass murder of minorities in Syria are well known. If Syria won’t bring them to justice, the ICC should.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Really important reporting by Anthony Loyd. The identities of those who led this mass murder of minorities in Syria are well known. If Syria won’t bring them to justice, the ICC should.
Looking forward to Dr Selena Daly’s book launch @ucddublin.bsky.social War Studies tomorrow. All welcome.
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Looking forward to Dr Selena Daly’s book launch @ucddublin.bsky.social War Studies tomorrow. All welcome.
Coming next year - Empires at War Conference, September 2026 - @ucddublin.bsky.social Centre for War Studies in partnership with the Royal Military College of Canada. CfP and registration will open soon.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Coming next year - Empires at War Conference, September 2026 - @ucddublin.bsky.social Centre for War Studies in partnership with the Royal Military College of Canada. CfP and registration will open soon.
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
www.ucd.ie/warstudies/c...
One of my more interesting recent research locations.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One of my more interesting recent research locations.
In 1948 Seán Ó Faoláin wrote about the partition of Ireland.
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In 1948 Seán Ó Faoláin wrote about the partition of Ireland.
This is a really exciting French-Irish dialogue on European maritime security at @ucddublin.bsky.social Please register below if you wish to attend. Many thanks to the French Embassy in Ireland. @bentonra.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is a really exciting French-Irish dialogue on European maritime security at @ucddublin.bsky.social Please register below if you wish to attend. Many thanks to the French Embassy in Ireland. @bentonra.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
Let’s hope the inquest into Private Seán Rooney‘s murder can finally proceed.
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Let’s hope the inquest into Private Seán Rooney‘s murder can finally proceed.
Catherine Connolly has again criticised "the building up of the military in Europe", which is why she also opposed the Nice / Lisbon Treaties.
A lot of people who were pro-EU during Brexit are now backing a candidate that is anti-EU in its current structure / increased defence since 🇺🇦 invasion 🤔
A lot of people who were pro-EU during Brexit are now backing a candidate that is anti-EU in its current structure / increased defence since 🇺🇦 invasion 🤔
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Catherine Connolly has again criticised "the building up of the military in Europe", which is why she also opposed the Nice / Lisbon Treaties.
A lot of people who were pro-EU during Brexit are now backing a candidate that is anti-EU in its current structure / increased defence since 🇺🇦 invasion 🤔
A lot of people who were pro-EU during Brexit are now backing a candidate that is anti-EU in its current structure / increased defence since 🇺🇦 invasion 🤔
I think Ireland has / should have allies. But it is still unusual for the same presidential candidate to pledge solidarity with our European ‘allies‘ and then also say that we are ‘neutral’. Both statements are in obvious tension with each other.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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October 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I think Ireland has / should have allies. But it is still unusual for the same presidential candidate to pledge solidarity with our European ‘allies‘ and then also say that we are ‘neutral’. Both statements are in obvious tension with each other.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
I wrote about Irish neutrality, foreign policy and the presidential election for the Irish Times.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I wrote about Irish neutrality, foreign policy and the presidential election for the Irish Times.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
My article in today’s Irish Examiner on the Copenhagen defence summit and the ramifications for Ireland.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
October 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
My article in today’s Irish Examiner on the Copenhagen defence summit and the ramifications for Ireland.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
If in Dublin, book your place.
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If in Dublin, book your place.
One year ago today: the publication of my book - Ghosts of a Family - about the McMahon family massacre and political violence in Belfast in the 1920s.
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
One year ago today: the publication of my book - Ghosts of a Family - about the McMahon family massacre and political violence in Belfast in the 1920s.
A lot to discuss / analyse but this commitment is welcome.
September 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A lot to discuss / analyse but this commitment is welcome.
As usual Monaghan‘s Paddy Mulroe is spot on here.
September 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As usual Monaghan‘s Paddy Mulroe is spot on here.
We can’t have a situation in Ireland where we talk about respect for traditions, ’a shared island‘ - and then launch a witch hunt against a Presidential candidate because her husband may have belonged to one of those traditions.
September 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We can’t have a situation in Ireland where we talk about respect for traditions, ’a shared island‘ - and then launch a witch hunt against a Presidential candidate because her husband may have belonged to one of those traditions.
My article in the Irish Examiner - Russia and Israel have given Europe a lesson it cannot ignore.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My article in the Irish Examiner - Russia and Israel have given Europe a lesson it cannot ignore.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
What a wonderful photograph. Shirebrook was a also a place of considerable tension / attacks on Irish migrant labour. Now, like quite a few places in Derbyshire and Notts, a strong sense / pride in Irish heritage endures.
September 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What a wonderful photograph. Shirebrook was a also a place of considerable tension / attacks on Irish migrant labour. Now, like quite a few places in Derbyshire and Notts, a strong sense / pride in Irish heritage endures.
My article for the Irish Examiner on why China’s Victory Day military parade should ring alarm bells in Europe.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
My article for the Irish Examiner on why China’s Victory Day military parade should ring alarm bells in Europe.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Pleased to say that the paperback of my book - Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalist Paramilitarism since 1920 - can be bought with a 20% discount by using the following code: HIST2125
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September 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pleased to say that the paperback of my book - Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalist Paramilitarism since 1920 - can be bought with a 20% discount by using the following code: HIST2125
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
www.cambridge.org/ie/universit...
I have been reminded why I left the the Other Place. I might use this description for my bio, although it is a bit of a mouthful.
September 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have been reminded why I left the the Other Place. I might use this description for my bio, although it is a bit of a mouthful.
A really cool second hand book. Strachan via the library of Howard.
August 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A really cool second hand book. Strachan via the library of Howard.
The historian Connal Parr has given my book - Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920 - a forensic (and very welcome) review.
August 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The historian Connal Parr has given my book - Ulster’s Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920 - a forensic (and very welcome) review.